Daudet, AlphonseFromont Junior and Risler Senior (1880/1894) translated by Edward VizetellyLondon Hutchinson & Co 1894 First Thus Hardcover Very Good Book George Roux Original navy-blue cloth, lettered and decorated in silver and green; black endpapers. Light scuffing, light foxing, very good. Daudet's novel appeared in France in 1874, and the first English edition (under the title Fromont the Younger and Risler the Elder) was issued by Henry Vizetelly in 1880. By 1894 the Vizetelly firm had folded and Vizetelly's son Edward oversaw this new (or rather revised) translation.
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20.00 GBP

Daudet, AlphonseJack, translated [from the French] by Laura Ensor. [Jack, 1876]London George Routledge & Sons 1890 First English Edition Hardcover Very Good Book Myrbach Original two-tone cloth binding: spine in navy blue with gilt lettering, with maroon boards; green-and-white patterned endpapers, top edge gilt. Boards faintly sunned, otherwise very good. Daudet's novel -- which some see as influenced by Dickens -- tells the sad story of an illegitimate boy and his selfish mother. Wolff [1729] has a two-volume edition of the same translation issued by Dent in 1896 -- and this is also the edition cited by Baker in Best Fiction. Both seem to have been unaware of the 1890 issue.
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20.00 GBP

Daudet, AlphonseLa Belle Nivernaise (1886: this translation using the same title, 1892)London T. Fisher Unwin 1892 First British Edition Hardcover Good Book The Children's Library, Volume 9. Translated from the French by Robert Routledge, illustrated by Montegut. Original blue cloth on bevelled boards, lettered and decorated in gilt; patterned endpapers. Corners scuffed, small nicks on spine ends, endpapers browned, good.
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10.00 GBP